Stocking and the method of making the same



(No Model.)

R. W. SCOTT. STGGKING AND THE METHOD OF MAKING THE SAME.

110,268,734. Patented Dec. 5, 1882'.

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ROBERT IV. SCOTT, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

STOCKING AND THE METHODOF MAKING THE SAME.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 268,734, dated December5, 1882.

Application filed October 9. 1882. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ROBERT W. SCOTT, a citizen of the United States, anda resident of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, have invented an Improvementin Stockings and in the Mode of Making the Same, of which the followingis a specification. I

The object of my invention is to so make a stocking that it will havethe elasticity due to in Fig. 1. 45

a ribbed fabric, but will have plain fabric in the heel and sole of thefoot, and will be without side seams in the foot and leg. This object Iattain in the manner which I will now proceed to describe, referencebeing had to the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure l is a view ofthe foot and part of the leg of a stocking made in accordance with myinvention; and Figs. 2, 3, and at, views showing the method of makingthe stocking.

1n carrying out my invention I first make a knitted tube, one portion,50, of which is of ribbed fabric and the other portion, y, of plainfabric, such a tube and the machine for making the same forming thesubject of a separate application forpatent. In the plain rear portionof the tube I then make an incision, a, Fig. 2, and open the same so asto form a recess, b, at the point where the heel of the stocking is tobe formed. (See Fig. 3.)

The heel is composed of a separate piece of fabric, which is in the formof a pocket, d, Fig.

4, and is united to the edges 0 andf of the recess, and the toe of thestocking is formed on the end of the tube in the usual manner.

The pocket (Z is preferably formed by running the stitches around theedge e of the recess b onto the needles of an ordinary heelingmaohineand knitting onto said edge a piece of fabric of the proper shape anddimensions for the desired heel, the lower edges of this piece beingthen united byali ne of stitches, V

g, to form the pocket, the front edge of which is united to the edgefot'the recess, as shown Other means of forming the pocket in the recess bmay, however, be adopted without departing from the spirit of myinvention. For instance, the stitches around the edge e of the recessmay be applied to the needles of a Branson or similar knitting-machine,and a seamless pocket formed by the usual narrowin g and wideningoperation.

My improved stocking, owing to the ribbed portion of the tube of whichit is composed, possesses the elasticity and clinging quality of astocking composed entirely of ribbed fabric; but it is superior to astocking which is ribbed throughout, in that the heel and the sole ofthe foot are composed of plain fabric, which is much more durable andmore comfortable to the wearer than fabric having ribs. The improvedstocking is also preferableto an ordinary cut-stocking, on account ofhaving no side seams in the foot or leg.

I prefer that the portion 3 of the tube shall be plain throughout; butthis portion of the tube may, if desired, have ribs formed in it atintervals, provided the number of said ribs is not sufficient tointerfere with the object of my invention, as I consider that so long asthis portion of the tube is substantially plain it is included withinthe scope of the invention.

I claim as my invention 1. The mode herein described of makingstockings, said mode consisting in knitting a tube partly plain andpartly ribbed, forming a recess in the plain portion of the tube, andfitting a pocket to said recess to form the heel, as set forth.

2. A stocking having the front portion of the leg and top of the foot ofribbed fabric, and the rear portion of the leg, the heel, and the soleof the foot of plain fabric, the leg and foot having no side seams.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

' ROB'I. W. SCOTT.

Witnesses:

HENRY HowsoN, J r., HARRY DRURY.

